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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.4475,Lat: 51.8034
Elevation	528 meter above sea level
Local time	12:08:06pm
Name province/region	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Goslar
Name	Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schulenberg im Oberharz	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Osterode am Harz:Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken	7.3 km	SouthWest
3 Clausthal-Zellerfeld	7.9 km	West
4 Clausthal-Zellerfeld:Buntenbock	8.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Goslar:Bockswiese	9.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	217 km	EastNorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	338 km	EastSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	386 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 231 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aller, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Okerstausee (2.2 km² at a height of around 416 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brocken with a height of 1142 meter (at a distance of 11.6 km and direction East).One of the mountains in Harz The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 201.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 282 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 17%, low mountains: 73%, moderate high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Harz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

68 km2

86.5%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.2%

Agriculture

0.7 km2

0.8%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altenau in country Germany

Altenau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	7.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	48 km	WestNorthWest
3 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	49 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nationalpark Harz	DE	1.4 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altenau

Type of weather in Altenau	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	05:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam